Juncker: Brexit WASN'T about immigration it was CAMERON’S fault & free movement will go on

DAVID Cameron has had a dressing down from European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker who angrily dismissed his claims Brexit was due to immigration - and instead declared it was actually the PM’s fault.

Mr Juncker made the claims after a sombre meeting between Mr Cameron and other European leaders following yesterday’s summit, where the British PM attempted to explain how his Remain campaign had lost last week's in-out vote.

The PM said the referendum had been swung due to the failure of the European Union (EU) to respond to UK concerns about immigration, a claim quickly and publicly dismissed by Mr Juncker.

In a post-meeting press conference, Mr Juncker said: “Cameron was making the point that the referendum was mainly about migration and immigration.

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“I don’t believe this is the case because this problem is a problem which concerns all of us.”

Instead, the Luxembourgish politician said the 52 to 48 per cent Leave victory was a result of Cameron’s repeated criticisms of the EU during his premiership.

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Cameron and Juncker held a frosty meeting yesterday following the EU referendum result

If you are telling people for years that something is wrong with the union, you cannot be taken by surprise if voters believe you

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Mr Juncker said: “If you are telling people for years that something is wrong with the union, you cannot be taken by surprise if voters believe you.”

While he added Mr Cameron was “not the enemy”, the Commission president also launched into another tirade against the PM’s reluctance to personally activate Article 50, kickstarting the process of the UK leaving the 28-country bloc, and asked why no concrete plan was in place.

He said: “I understand that David Cameron wants to have some time in which he wants to meditate. What I don’t understand is that those who wanted to leave are totally unable to tell us what they want. I thought that if you want to leave, you have a plan.”

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Juncker was stunned Cameron didn't have a plan for how the UK would leave the EU

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The Leave campaign won last week's referendum by 52 to 48 per cent

Despite Mr Cameron’s refusal to begin the Brexit process himself, other European leaders quickly dismissed claims the referendum could be overruled or ignored.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said: “We didn’t discuss the possibility. I don’t consider it possible. The referendum is reality.”

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte echoed this sentiment and said Brexit is now “a fact - and we have to deal with this fact”.

Cameron later said the meeting had been tinged by “sadness and regret”, while another attendee compared it to a “funeral.”